title: Blood Supply to the human spinal cord: part II. Imaging and pathology.
abstract: The blood supply of the spinal cord is a complex system based on multilevel sources and anastomoses. Diseases often affect this vascular supply and imaging has been developed that better investigates these structures. The authors review the literature regarding pathology and imaging modalities for the blood supply of the spinal cord. Knowledge of the disease processes and imaging modalities used to investigate these arterial lesions of the spinal cord will assist the clinician when treating patients with spinal cord lesions.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Anand N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Bosmia
authors.forename: R Shane
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Tubbs
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hogan
authors.forename: Bradley N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Bohnstedt
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Denardo
authors.forename: Marios
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loukas
authors.forename: Aaron A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Cohen-Gadol
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000473:pathology; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000209:etiology*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: anatomy; arteries; nervous system; spinal cord; vascular supply